Bosch SDS, Dassault Systèmes collaborate to advance AI-led manufacturing in India
Bosch Software and Digital Solutions (Bosch SDS) and Dassault Systèmes today announced a collaboration in India to help manufacturing enterprises accelerate digital transformation across product engineering, manufacturing operations and industrial value chains. The collaboration brings together...
Smaller grain sizes, smarter separation: At ALUMINIUM in Düsseldorf, STEINERT presents technological advances in LIBS and X-ray sorting
From October 6 to 8, 2026, STEINERT will provide a comprehensive insight into the future of aluminium sorting. Closing the aluminium loop requires both high throughput and melt-ready quality. As demand for high-grade recycled aluminium continues to grow, STEINERT is advancing its sorting systems on...
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Alumina Nano-Coating Helps Improve Heat Transfer Rate of Solid Surfaces
A research team led by Bo Feng from the Georgia Institute of Technology has doubled the heat transfer rate of a metal surface by applying an alumina nano-coating over it. The research team utilized an atomic layer deposition method for controlling the thickness of the alumina coating. Pool boiling...
Rio Tinto Alcan welcomes the first electrolytic cell at its Arvida AP60 Technology Centre
The first AP60 cell has been delivered to Rio Tinto Alcan's Arvida AP60 Technology Centre, located in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. "This is a momentous day for Rio Tinto Alcan. With the new generation of AP60 cells, metal production per cell will be 40 per cent higher than in other existing...
Fata secures Chinese coil coating contract
Fata Hunter is to supply Shandong Weiqiao Aluminium & Electricity Co with a Single Coat Continuous Coil Coating line for aluminium can stock. The line sold to Shandong Weiqiao will process aluminium strip from 0.15mm to 0.80mm in thickness and 980mm to 1,880mm in width. With an operating speed of...
Newest Defense Alloys from Alcoa Shows Enhanced Performance in Naval Ships
Kyle A. Crum, Technology Manager for Alcoa Defense, has presented a paper on the use of aluminum alloys in modern naval designs at the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) show held in Arlington, Virginia. The paper describes that new aluminum alloys have the capability to offer enhanced...
Aluminum siderail added to Fontaine trailer
Fontaine Trailer Co. is now offering its Infinity trailers with the patented RASR Routed Aluminum SideRail. The Infinity line includes platform, dropdeck, and twistlock container trailers. The RASR siderail is a one-piece aluminum extrusion that is significantly lighter than steel and withstands...
Monitoring Potroom Insulation
VHE‘s enhanced ohmmeter is able to measure the electrical resistance between points of different voltage potential. Conventional ohmmeters do not have this capability. Much of the equipment installed in aluminium smelter potroom has significant electrical potential to earth (or ground). The series...
VHE's New Ohmmeter Offers Enhanced Capabilities for Aluminium Smelters
VHE's enhanced ohmmeter is able to measure the electrical resistance between points of different voltage potential. Conventional ohmmeters do not have this capability. Much of the equipment installed in aluminium smelter potroom has significant electrical potential to earth (or ground). The series...
Rukse Polished Aluminum Ceramic Coating Protects Exhaust Parts from Thermal Fatigue
Ruk Development (Rukse) is introducing another innovative Coating product: Rukse R05 Polished Cer-Met Aluminum Base Coat. This product is a Cer-met liquid air spray coating used in the vehicle industry on exhaust, turbo, and internal engine components. This coating prevents thermal fatigue, rust,...
A NEW recycling plant will create 21 jobs and help process 60,000 tonnes more of Cambridgeshire recycling a year.
AmeyCespa, which bought the recycling plant at Waterbeach from Donarbon for £48.6 million in 2010, will start construction on the new building shortly which will increase the county's green credentials. The plant, which will create additional jobs, should be operational by December. Although it...
Ravenswood aluminum plant commissions $46M stretcher
A new $46 million aluminum stretcher is up and running at Constellium Rolled Products' plant in Ravenswood. Media outlets report that Constellium commissioned the stretcher Wednesday. The Ravenswood plant produces aluminum plate for aerospace and defense markets, and coil products for...
Norsk Hydro : Hydro Green Aluminium Award
Students, researchers and others can compete for a $35,000 prize in the Hydro Green Metal Award for improving the climate footprint of aluminium production. We need to be smarter about how we use our resources, and aluminum is part of the solution. With its light weight, it contributes to more...
Magnetic hydromixer at Krasnoyarsk smelter
UC Rusal has launched a magnetic hydrodynamic mixer at its Krasnoyarsk smelter’s casthouse to extend its alloy product range. The $2M magnetic hydrodynamic mixer will enable the Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter (KrAZ) to produce 1000, 3000, 5000 and 8000 series alloys and to increase the production...
Alcoa unveils new wide base aluminum wheels for trucks
Alcoa Wheels, an Ohio-based business of aluminum producer Alcoa, has unveiled a new line of wide base aluminum wheels for trucks designed to deliver high performance through the company’s proprietary LvL ONE wheel manufacturing process of light weighting. The 14 inch, 58 lbs wide base wheels, being...
Alcoa unveils new wide base aluminum wheels for trucks
Alcoa Wheels, an Ohio-based business of aluminum producer Alcoa, has unveiled a new line of wide base aluminum wheels for trucks designed to deliver high performance through the company’s proprietary LvL ONE wheel manufacturing process of light weighting. The 14 inch, 58 lbs wide base wheels, being...
United Company RUSAL : UC RUSAL installed unique equipment at Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter to broaden range of alloys
UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL, MICEX: RUALR, RTS: RUALR), the world's largest aluminium producer, announces the development and launch of a unique magnetic hydrodynamic mixer which will enable the Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter's cast house to extend its alloy product range. The cost of...
Alcoa Releases Low-Weight Truck Wheels
Aluminum fabricator Alcoa has launched a new series of wide base that wheels are the lightest 14? aluminum wheels on the market. The new 58 lbs wheels are engineered for high performance through Alcoa’s proprietary LvL ONE wheel manufacturing process of light weighting. By switching from single...
Alcoa Releases Low-Weight Truck Wheels
Aluminum fabricator Alcoa has launched a new series of wide base that wheels are the lightest 14? aluminum wheels on the market. The new 58 lbs wheels are engineered for high performance through Alcoa’s proprietary LvL ONE wheel manufacturing process of light weighting. By switching from single...
Alcoa Introduces New Series of Wide Base Forged Aluminum Wheels
Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced it recently launched a new series of wide base aluminum wheels. The new line is engineered for high performance through Alcoa’s proprietary LvL ONE® wheel manufacturing process of light weighting. At just 58 lbs., Alcoa’s wide base wheels are the lightest 14” aluminum...
